diff --git a/user_manual/conf.py b/user_manual/conf.py
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--- a/user_manual/conf.py
+++ b/user_manual/conf.py
@@ -1,316 +1,155 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+## These are the configuration elements for the Nextcloud User Manual documentation
 #
-# Nextcloud Documentation documentation build configuration file, created by
-# sphinx-quickstart on Mon Oct 22 23:16:40 2012-2014.
+# Configuration file for the Sphinx documentation builder.
 #
-# This file is execfile()d with the current directory set to its containing dir.
+# For the full list of built-in configuration values, see the documentation:
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html
 #
-# Note that not all possible configuration values are present in this
-# autogenerated file.
-#
-# All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
-# serve to show the default.
+## Note that additional configuration elements shared by all Nextcloud docs
+## are loaded from `../conf.py`. 
 
-import sys, os
+# -- Path setup --------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# import global configuration from parent directory
+import os
+import sys
+
+# Import Nextcloud's shared global documentation configuration (from parent)
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../'))
 from conf import *
 
-# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
-# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
-# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
-#sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
+# -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#project-information
 
-# -- General configuration -----------------------------------------------------
-
-# If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
-#needs_sphinx = '1.0'
-
-# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be extensions
-# coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom ones.
-extensions += ['sphinx.ext.todo', 'rst2pdf.pdfbuilder', 'sphinx.ext.intersphinx']
-
-# Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
-templates_path = ['../_shared_assets/templates', '_templates']
-
-# The suffix of source filenames.
-source_suffix = '.rst'
-
-# The encoding of source files.
-#source_encoding = 'utf-8-sig'
-
-# The master toctree document.
-master_doc = 'contents'
-
-# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
-# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
-# built documents.
-#
-# The short X.Y version.
-#version = '12'
-# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-#release = '12'
-
-# General information about the project.
 project = u'Nextcloud %s User Manual' % (version)
-#copyright = u'2012-2017, The Nextcloud developers'
 
-# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
-# for a list of supported languages.
-language = 'en'
+# -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#general-configuration
 
-# There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
-# non-false value, then it is used:
-#today = ''
-# Else, today_fmt is used as the format for a strftime call.
-#today_fmt = '%B %d, %Y'
+# Note: `+=` must be used here because we're extending the inherited list of extensions from our global docs config
 
-# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
-# directories to ignore when looking for source files.
-exclude_patterns = ['_build']
+extensions += [
+    'sphinx.ext.todo',
+    'rst2pdf.pdfbuilder',
+    'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',
+]    
 
-# The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all documents.
-#default_role = None
-
-# If true, '()' will be appended to :func: etc. cross-reference text.
-#add_function_parentheses = True
-
-# If true, the current module name will be prepended to all description
-# unit titles (such as .. function::).
-#add_module_names = True
-
-# If true, sectionauthor and moduleauthor directives will be shown in the
-# output. They are ignored by default.
-#show_authors = False
-
-# The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
-pygments_style = 'sphinx'
-
-# A list of ignored prefixes for module index sorting.
-#modindex_common_prefix = []
+templates_path = [
+    '../_shared_assets/templates',
+    '_templates',
+]
 
 
-# -- Options for HTML output ---------------------------------------------------
+exclude_patterns = [
+    '_build',
+]
 
-# Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
-# further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
-# documentation.
-#html_theme_options = {}
+# use a dedicated file for our main (root) toctree.
+root_doc = 'contents'
+
+## Internationalization
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#options-for-internationalisation
+# directories in which to search for additional message catalogs (default is ['locales`])
+locale_dirs = ['locale/']
+# set a document’s text domain to the docname, in full (default is True)
+gettext_compact = False
+
+## Markup
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#options-for-markup
+# a substitution that will be included in every source file
+rst_epilog =  '.. |version| replace:: %s' % version
+
+# -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#options-for-html-output
 
-# Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
 html_theme_path = ['../_shared_assets/themes']
-
-# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
-# a list of builtin themes.
-# html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
-# html_theme_options = {
-# #    "rightsidebar": "true",
-# }
-# The name for this set of Sphinx documents.  If None, it defaults to
-# "<project> v<release> documentation".
-#html_title = None
-
-# A shorter title for the navigation bar.  Default is the same as html_title.
-html_short_title = "User Manual"
-
-# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top
-# of the sidebar.
-#html_logo = None
-
-# The name of an image file (within the static path) to use as favicon of the
-# docs.  This file should be a Windows icon file (.ico) being 16x16 or 32x32
-# pixels large.
-#html_favicon = None
-
-# Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
-# relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
-# so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
 html_static_path = ['../_shared_assets/static']
-
-# If not '', a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page bottom,
-# using the given strftime format.
-#html_last_updated_fmt = '%b %d, %Y'
-
-# If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
-# typographically correct entities.
-#html_use_smartypants = True
-
-# Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
-#html_sidebars = {}
-
-# Additional templates that should be rendered to pages, maps page names to
-# template names.
-#html_additional_pages = {}
-
-# If false, no module index is generated.
-#html_domain_indices = True
-
-# If false, no index is generated.
-#html_use_index = True
-
-# If true, the index is split into individual pages for each letter.
-#html_split_index = False
-
-# If true, links to the reST sources are added to the pages.
-#html_show_sourcelink = True
-
-# If true, "Created using Sphinx" is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
+# prefer a shorter title for the navigation bar.
+html_short_title = "User Manual"
+# disable "Created using Sphinx" in the HTML footer (default is True)
 html_show_sphinx = False
-
-# If true, the reST sources are included in the HTML build as _sources/name. The default is True.
+# disable including the reST sources in the HTML build as _sources/name (default is True)
 html_copy_source = False 
 
-# If true, "(C) Copyright ..." is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
-#html_show_copyright = True
+# -- Options for HTML help output --------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#options-for-html-help-output
 
-# If true, an OpenSearch description file will be output, and all pages will
-# contain a <link> tag referring to it.  The value of this option must be the
-# base URL from which the finished HTML is served.
-#html_use_opensearch = ''
-
-# This is the file name suffix for HTML files (e.g. ".xhtml").
-#html_file_suffix = None
-
-# Output file base name for HTML help builder.
+# output file base name for HTML help builder.
 htmlhelp_basename = 'NextcloudUserManual'
 
+# -- Options for EPUB output -------------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#options-for-epub-output
 
-# -- Options for LaTeX output --------------------------------------------------
-
-latex_elements = {
-# The paper size ('letterpaper' or 'a4paper').
-#'papersize': 'letterpaper',
-
-# The font size ('10pt', '11pt' or '12pt').
-#'pointsize': '10pt',
-
-# Additional stuff for the LaTeX preamble.
-#'preamble': '',
-}
-
-# Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
-# (source start file, target name, title, author, documentclass [howto/manual]).
-latex_documents = [
-  ('contents', 'Nextcloud_User_Manual.tex', u'Nextcloud User Manual',
-   u'The Nextcloud developers', 'manual'),
-]
-
-# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
-# the title page.
-latex_logo = '../_shared_assets/static/logo-blue.pdf'
-
-# For "manual" documents, if this is true, then toplevel headings are parts,
-# not chapters.
-#latex_use_parts = False
-
-# If true, show page references after internal links.
-#latex_show_pagerefs = False
-
-# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
-#latex_show_urls = False
-
-# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
-#latex_appendices = []
-
-# If false, no module index is generated.
-#latex_domain_indices = True
-
-# -- Options for pdf page output -----------------------------------------------
-
-pdf_documents = [('contents', u'NextcloudUserManual', u'Nextcloud User Manual', u'The Nextcloud developers'),]
-
-# -- Options for manual page output --------------------------------------------
-
-# One entry per manual page. List of tuples
-# (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
-man_pages = [
-    ('contents', 'nextcloudusermanual', u'Nextcloud User Manual',
-     [u'The Nextcloud developers'], 1)
-]
-
-# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
-#man_show_urls = False
-
-
-# -- Options for Texinfo output ------------------------------------------------
-
-# Grouping the document tree into Texinfo files. List of tuples
-# (source start file, target name, title, author,
-#  dir menu entry, description, category)
-texinfo_documents = [
-  ('contents', 'NextcloudUserManual', u'Nextcloud User Manual',
-   u'The Nextcloud developers', 'Nextcloud', 'The Nextcloud User Manual.',
-   'Miscellaneous'),
-]
-
-# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
-#texinfo_appendices = []
-
-# If false, no module index is generated.
-#texinfo_domain_indices = True
-
-# How to display URL addresses: 'footnote', 'no', or 'inline'.
-#texinfo_show_urls = 'footnote'
-
-
-# -- Options for Epub output ---------------------------------------------------
-
-# Bibliographic Dublin Core info.
 epub_title = u'Nextcloud User Manual'
 epub_author = u'The Nextcloud developers'
 epub_publisher = u'The Nextcloud developers'
-epub_copyright = u'2012-2017, The Nextcloud developers'
+epub_copyright = u'2012-2025, The Nextcloud developers'
 
-# The language of the text. It defaults to the language option
-# or en if the language is not set.
-#epub_language = ''
+# -- Options for LaTeX output ------------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#options-for-latex-output
 
-# The scheme of the identifier. Typical schemes are ISBN or URL.
-#epub_scheme = ''
 
-# The unique identifier of the text. This can be a ISBN number
-# or the project homepage.
-#epub_identifier = ''
+latex_elements = {
+}
+latex_documents = [
+    (
+        'contents',
+        'Nextcloud_User_Manual.tex',
+        u'Nextcloud User Manual',
+        u'The Nextcloud developers',
+        'manual',
+    ),
+]
+latex_logo = '../_shared_assets/static/logo-blue.pdf'
 
-# A unique identification for the text.
-#epub_uid = ''
+# -- Options for manual page output ------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#options-for-manual-page-output
 
-# A tuple containing the cover image and cover page html template filenames.
-#epub_cover = ()
-
-# HTML files that should be inserted before the pages created by sphinx.
-# The format is a list of tuples containing the path and title.
-#epub_pre_files = []
-
-# HTML files shat should be inserted after the pages created by sphinx.
-# The format is a list of tuples containing the path and title.
-#epub_post_files = []
-
-# A list of files that should not be packed into the epub file.
-#epub_exclude_files = []
-
-# The depth of the table of contents in toc.ncx.
-#epub_tocdepth = 3
-
-# Allow duplicate toc entries.
-#epub_tocdup = True
-
-# Include todos?
-todo_include_todos = True
-
-# substitutions go here
-rst_epilog =  '.. |version| replace:: %s' % version
-
-current_docs = 'user_manual'
-
-# Generate the versions list
-html_context['versions'] = generateVersionsDocs(current_docs)
-html_context['theme_vcs_pageview_mode'] += current_docs
-
-html_context['available_languages'] = [
+man_pages = [
+    (
+        'contents',
+        'nextcloudusermanual',
+        u'Nextcloud User Manual',
+        [u'The Nextcloud developers'],
+        1,
+    )
 ]
 
-# translation
-locale_dirs = ['locale/']   # path is example but recommended.
-gettext_compact = False     # optional.
+# -- Options for Texinfo output ----------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#options-for-texinfo-output
+
+texinfo_documents = [
+    (
+        'contents',
+        'NextcloudUserManual',
+        u'Nextcloud User Manual',
+        u'The Nextcloud developers',
+        'Nextcloud',
+        'The Nextcloud User Manual.',
+        'Miscellaneous',
+    ),
+]
+
+# -- Options for todo extension ----------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions/todo.html#configuration
+
+todo_include_todos = True
+
+# -- Options for PDF page output ---------------------------------------------
+# https://rst2pdf.org/manual.html#sphinx
+
+pdf_documents = [
+    (
+        'contents',
+        u'NextcloudUserManual',
+        u'Nextcloud User Manual',
+        u'The Nextcloud developers',
+    ),
+]
+
+# Generate the versions list for inclusion into all HTML pages
+current_docs = 'user_manual'
+html_context['versions'] = generateVersionsDocs(current_docs)
+html_context['theme_vcs_pageview_mode'] += current_docs
+html_context['available_languages'] = [
+    ]
+